Attractions
"And i'm not just talking about rides, ya know, everybody has rides! No, we made, living biological attractions, so outstanding, that they'll capture the imagination, of the entire planet!"
Attractions are the key to success, the key to profit! Operation Genesis offers a diverse roster of Attractions for the player build on their Parks and create spectacular interactions between the Visitors and their Dinosaurs.
Originally, the game had a total of 7 Attractions, during development, two of these were cut from the final game, and are now only found by the Game Files. Resulting in only 5 for the final game, these 5 Attractions and how they function are listed down below in details for you to read.
Attractions
As mentioned above, there were 7 Attractions in total for the game, here, we list the 5 Attractions that made it into the Final Game. The Cut ones are listed further down the page if you're interested.
Viewing Vent
One of the two Starter Attractions, the Viewing Vent can be attached the Fences and give a viewing gallery to Visitors.
Viewing Platform
One of the two Starter Attractions, the Viewing Platform is a high tower that gives a view of your Park's Landscape.
Viewing Dome
The Viewing Dome gives Visitors a secure shelter to observe the Dinosaurs inside of their natural borders.
Balloon Tour
The Balloon Tour Ride gives Visitors a birds-eye view of your whole island, an efficient way to make rides through the island.
Safari Adventure
The Safari Adventure Tour gives Visitors a wild ride through the jungles of your park, inside of Land Cruisers.
Cut Attractions
2 out of the 7 Attractions from Operation Genesis were sadly cut from the final game, and only have their mentions and info throughout the Game Files, you can see them below and more info regarding them in the Cut Content Section of the site:
Hunting Platform
Little is known of the Hunting Platform, seems like it worked as a way to let Visitors shoot down the Carnivores of your park...
Petting Zoo
Very little is known about the Petting Zoo, it seems that it worked as an Attraction for kids [also cut from the game], to interact with the Baby Dinosaurs, which also got cut..
Attraction Bias & Experience
The Attraction Bias, or Attraction Types, are specific categories that you can set to please different types of Visitors, it helps to guide the right Visitors into the Attractions they truly want to see, which consequently helps you to get a better income!
There are 4 different Bias that please the 4 different types of Visitors, those being the Mainstream, Thrill Seekers, Fun Lovers and Dino Nerds.
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The Dino Experience is another key factor to make sure your Attraction score a high value of attention to Visitors, it's based on 3 major factors: Thrills, Fun and Authenticity.
All these 7 Factors listed above will be explained below:
Thrills and Thrill Seekers
Thrill Seekers are the carnage and blood lovers, the edgy ones. They will love to see Carnivores hunting and eating anything, from goats to even sauropods. The Viewing Attractions have specific names for this Bias: Thrill Window; Thrill Platform; Terror Dome; Using them for paddocks that contain Carnivores in general is a great way to attract Thrill Seekers. The Thrills meter from Dino Experience also helps on that for Balloon and Safari Tours.
Fun and Fun Lovers
Fun Lovers are the chill and enjoyable Visitors that want to see Dinosaurs interacting and playing with each other no matter what. The Viewing Attractions have specific names for this Bias: Playpen; Playtime Platform; Dino Play Dome; Using them for paddocks that contain Herbivores that are known to interact well with each other. Although, originally the game would've had Furniture Play Items for both Herbivores and Carnivores, these would've been a key factor to create a good Fun Paddock for the Dinosaurs. The Fun meter from Dino Experience also helps on that for Balloon and Safari Tours.
Authenticity and Dino Nerds
Dino Nerds are the ones that love everything about Dinosaurs, and will have quite high bars on demands for your Park, for them, it's vital to have authentic and consistent Paddocks in your Park. The Viewing Attractions have specific names for this Bias: Wonder Window; Scenic Platform; Nature Dome; Using them for paddocks that contain Dinosaurs from the same Era, or same Dig Site, same Continent and so on, is a great way to attract Dino Nerds into these Attractions. The Authenticity meter from Dino Experience also helps on that for Balloon and Safari Tours.
Mainstream Public
The Mainstream or General Public form the Visitors who don't belong to any of the Bias stated above, they're the general crowd who are open to anything. The Mainstream is the only Bias who doesn't give specific names to Viewing Attractions. If you have mixed Paddocks that can't get a high score with any of the Dino Experiences, the best option is to use the Mainstream, which will lead into mixed scores for all of the Bias.